Solar eclipse of November 3, 2013

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, November 3, 2013,  with a magnitude of 1.0159. It was a hybrid eclipse of the Sun with a small portion over the western Atlantic Ocean at sunrise as an annular eclipse and the rest of the path as a narrow total solar eclipse. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A hybrid solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's in sunrise and sunset, but at Greatest Eclipse the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's.

In this particular case the eclipse path starts out as annular and ends as total.

It was the 23rd eclipse of the 143rd Saros cycle, which began with a partial eclipse on March 7, 1617, and will conclude with a partial eclipse on April 23, 2897.

Viewing
Totality was visible from the northern Atlantic Ocean (east of Florida) to Africa (Gabon (landfall), R. Congo, DR Congo, Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia), with a maximum duration of totality of 1 minute and 39 seconds, visible from the Atlantic Ocean south of Ivory Coast and Ghana.

Places with partial darkening were the Eastern coast of North America, southern Greenland, Bermuda, the Caribbean islands, Costa Rica, Panama, Northern South America, almost all the African continent, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Greece, Malta, Southern Russia, the Caucasus, Turkey and the Middle East.

This solar eclipse happened simultaneously with the 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and it was possible to observe a partial solar eclipse in Abu Dhabi before the sunset while the F1 race took place, as shown briefly during its broadcast.

Eclipses of 2013

 * A partial lunar eclipse on April 25.
 * An annular solar eclipse on May 10.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on May 25.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on October 18.
 * A hybrid solar eclipse on November 3.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 15, 2010
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 2006
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 14, 2020

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of October 28, 2004
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of November 8, 2022

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 4, 2002
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 2, 2024

Solar Saros 143

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 24, 1995
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 14, 2031

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 22, 1984
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2042

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 3, 1927
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 4, 2100